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Steve Goins, 1552 Oxsen Street, thanked Council for the opportunity to serve on the Committee. He could understand if Council decided to defer this issue until a later date. He would be willing to participate in the process whenever it took place. He supported setting priorities and realized there were limited resources in order to complete the process. He felt it might be appropriate to complete other priorities in order to move this issue forward. He did caution Council that the public' s perception is negative when processes take a long time to move forward. He urged Council to take the community' s perception into consideration when making its decision regarding the East Side Pleasanton Plan, as well as the San Francisco/Bemal property process. Vice Mayor Ayala thanked him for applying for the Committee and encouraged him to apply for a Commission. Mr. Coins said if time allowed he would like to continue participating. There were no further speakers. Ms. Dennis felt this side of the City was extremely important. She said many discussions have been held regarding the San Francisco property, the need for infrastructure; flood control, locations for schools, etc. These discussions have changed her vision for the scope of the East Side Study. She would like to have an active committee look at the same issues that the City is trying to resolve with the City of San Francisco. She felt it would be important to first realize what the City/community wanted to construct on the East Side properties. She felt since the City was discussing the San Francisco property, it was also a perfect time to discuss the East Side properties. She supported moving forward with the study. Ms. Ayala said timing is everything. She agreed that committees like to make recommendations and then see those recommendations implemented. She felt there was enough on the priority list presently and did not support moving forward on this issue right now. Mr. Pico felt waiting on this issue would open the door for a developer to proceed with a development plan for the property and that Council's action to postpone a specific plan might be seen as an action to circumvent the desires of the community. He would support not continuing with an East Side Plan only if a moratorium were to be placed on the properties until such a study can be done. He asked Council not to approve any development for the east side before a specific plan is approved. Ms. Ayala said because of the infrastructure problems that the City is facing to date, it seems premature to study the area. She had no intention of circumventing what the public wanted. She understood the infrastructure problems and felt the time was not fight to move forward on the study. Pleasanton City Council 15 04/20/99 Minutes